Practice Tips

What if a dog night in emerg lands you in trouble with the college?

‘Offering unwanted advice or feedback can feel like a boundary crossed.’

While quality improvement should be about the particulars of your clinic and practice, here are some ideas to get you started.

At this year’s Rural and Remote Conference in Winnipeg, Dr. Mark Saul discussed the cognitive biases that can lead to the wrong diagnosis or the wrong medication being administered.

For this series, we’re looking to talk to doctors from all walks of medicine—asking them how they got to where they are today and what their best advice is for those MDs just reaching the intensity of residency.

As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, Dr. Yoel Abells wonders at the circle of life and his fortune at seeing it up close.

In our clinic, every patient gets a full slate of vital signs, no matter the presentation. The problem? These numbers are often just that—numbers. If they're not flagged or verbally highlighted, they can easily slip under the radar.

The vast majority of the teens surveyed knew what ‘negative’ cancer screening results meant, but fewer understood the terms ‘progressing tumour’ or ‘bugs in the urine.’